European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 17, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday. May 17, 1986 the stars an stripes Page of film Washington a a noted South Koran movie director and his actress cd wife who disappeared separately eight years ago re of Ltd thursday on worthy of screen epic. The couple said they were kidnapped in North Korea endured five Yean of House arrest Csc we through the Iron curtain inc beset by blacklisting by us. Immigration authorities doth threats big Money 3 typhoon and marriage. They say they h Ive reconciled during n drawn out news conference Here Thi director. Shin Sang of. Reported trial lie Anil a Cress Choi in uni were told by the Soa and heir apparent of North korean president Kim a Sung Hal he personally ordered them kidnapped from Hong Kong in 1978 because he wan Ludlo improve the Quality of the communist country s motion pictures. The pair surfaced March 13 in Vienna Austria where Shin said they eluded North korean guards and reached the american embassy where they got help getting to America. The f 9-year-old director said their Story still avails a final chapter and Happy ending because an artist May produce Only one or two masterpieces in his lifetime and that is still my Hope for the future Shin raid he and Choi want to live in the United slates because it provides the Best Opportunity for film making Lam in the latter Par of my life and want 10 be totally involved in artistic for this reason he said they have accepted a . Offer of Protection against North korean death threats. A Simi Lar offer has been made by South Korea and sooner or later at the opportune Lime they will travel in arc to visit friends Ard family he added. Acknowledging North korean accusations that he has Kepi s2.3 million in government funds Shin said he re Gards it As barely adequate payment for my suffering eight years of incarceration without Freedom during the Golden years of our Afier he gained the Trust of the communist regime in 1983, Money wus used As a lure to keep me in North korea1 Al the rate of up 10 s3 million a year Shin said adding thai he will decide later How to use the funds reported on Deposit in a Vienna Hank. Shin in a dark Brown suit with Matching Ascot in place of Necktie and Choi wearing a Navy Blue suit skirt outfit White Blouse red lie and sunglasses described through an interpreter their eight year Odyssey to More than 100 re porters and photographers. Choi 55, said that during a january 1978, trip to Hong Kong to make contacts for her film studio and acting school she was lured to a Small boat at outlying repulse Bay and taken by people who turned out to be North korean agents to an offshore cargo ship bound for Campo North Korea. I fw11 in a Tel a i a a Ubbo director Shin Sang of and Choi Unhul claim North Korea kidnapped them id improve that country s film Quality. Because of typhoons at sea the voyage lusted eight Days Choi said. She recalled being Given injections several limes to Slop her kicking and Kim in Gung a son Kim Jongil personally welcomed her at the wharf Choi said recalling that she was too upset to respond and Only later Learned the identity of the Small featured Man who appeared to be Choi disappeared during a year of roubles for Shin in South Korea that prompted him to get a . Visa la emigrate o America he recalled. After one trip to los Angeles and time in Hong Kong searching for Choi lie Aid . Authorities cancelled his re entry visa at the re quest of the South korean government and i was on the . Cry he said that because he had met with Young South korean film makers who wanted to Reform the Industry the late president Park Chung lice s government Cut him off from High level Contact and tried to Force him out As president Oft he motion picture producers association. Al the Lime Shin had been divorced by both Choi and by his second wife. But with Choi he said we remained friends and helped each Shin said North korean agents in Hong Kong abducted him july 19,1978 in months after Choi was taken after the South korean consulate had tried to confiscate his expiring South korean passport and he had turned in desperation to some people who offered to help him buy a he tried recruiting her info Kkt daughter claims Walker threatened her husband san Francisco a the daughter of convicted spy John Walker testified thursday thai her husband threat ened la expose her father s espionage activities in 1982 and that Walker responded with a veiled threat against his son in Law. Laura Walker Snyder testifying in the espionage trial of former Navy radioman Jerry Whitworth also said she did not con Sider her fathers truthful Man she also testified that Walker once tried to persuade her and her husband to join the Kun flux klan after failing to recruit them inic i soviet controlled spy ring he led. Snyder said she Lold her husband Phillip about her fathers first attempt to recruit her As a spy in 1979, just before she left the army in 1982, Snyder s husband threatened to expose Walker if she tried o regain custody of the couple s son Christopher she Testi fied. She said she relayed that threat to Walker through her Mother. Walker called her about a month later she said. She said her father asked her How she would feel if her husband were no longer around. It was Clear to me what Walker meant she said. "1 Felt he was asking me How i would tet if my husband were dead by unnatural she is divorced and has custody of her son now 6 years old. Whitworth 46, of Davis calif., is accused of Selling secrets for $332,000 to Walker far relay to the soviets Between 1974 and 1983. Walker 48, also a former Navy radio Man pleaded guilty last october to three espionage related charges and was the chief prosecution witness against Whitworth his former Friend and alleged recruit. John Walker was turned in by his sex wife Barbara in late 1934. Their son Michael has pleaded guilty to espionage. John Walker s brother Arthur also was convicted of espionage Snyder said her father sent her a very Nasty letter after she left the army in 1979 and later visited her in person. He told me i was stupid Cor quitting my Job,1 she said. He told me that 1 would never amount to Snyder testified on wednesday that her father suggested she have an abortion so she could remain in the army and join his espionage ring. She said her father later approached her about re enlisting in the army in 1982 and Lold her she would be paid $500 a month and an additional sum for every document she produced. She said she refused All of his offers. Making of the president author Dies Theodore a White new York a Theodore h. While the journalist whose making of the president books influenced the Way report ers cover political campaigns died late thursday. He was 71. While who was born May 6, 1915, had been admitted to Lenox Hill Hospital on May 9 fallowing a stroke and had been in critical condition since said Anne Warner the Hospital s director of Public relations. While s family was not present when he died at 11 45 p.m., bul his wife was notified immediately Warner said. He suffered the stroke while working Al his desk in his East 64th Street townhouse. Having a four Story House on manhat Tan s posh East Side was an indicator of the huge popular Success while achieved with his books about the presidential campaigns beginning with the i960 race Between John f. Kennedy and Richard m. Nixon. The Book sold More than 4 million copies won him a pulitzer prize and spawned competitors who tried to match while s insider style of reporting in the elections that Fol Lowed. Because his aim was Posl Csc Cimon history. White could ignore Day to Day report ing getting fill ins As needed from obliging colleagues. But by 1972, while working on his fourth making of the president Book. White said he had invented a method of reporting which i now sincerely regret i d get into a room and disappear into the Woodwork he told an the rooms Are so crowded with re porters gelling behind the scenes stories that nobody can get behind the scenes Sto he said the process had for example made democratic nominee George Mcgovern a fish in a bowl. All of us Are observing him taking notes like mad. Gelling All the Little details. Who cares if the Guy had milk and total for breakfast. White s influence Stilt frames the Way in which most reporters look at politics and history William Greider of the washing ton Post said in reviewing while s autobiographical in search of history in 1978
